The history of the instrumental bluegrass song “Dueling Banjos” has a tempestuous ... on the Oscar-nominated and cult classic 1972 film Deliverance. The song is credited for arguably making ...

Eric Weissberg, half of the duo that recorded “Dueling Banjos” for the ... album of Weissberg’s roots music that was rush-released as a soundtrack to “Deliverance” ran into no such ...

The soundtrack to “Deliverance” was also certified ... like Bob James and Herbie Mann as well. “Dueling Banjos” did not, as the song’s title suggests, involve two banjoists pitting ...

Forty-five years ago, Atlanta native James Dickey published "Deliverance," the acclaimed ... Another cultural contribution is the iconic "Dueling Banjos." The song is at the center of the film's ...

At first, he seems uncertain and waiting but as the intensity of the music progressed ... Steve Mandell arranged and performed "Dueling Banjos" on the Deliverance soundtrack.

The A.V. Club: You told your publicist that Deliverance shaped ... that gets assigned to “Dueling Banjos.” That movie contributed to the assumption that bluegrass music meant backwoods guys ...

“When I was a young boy, your scene in “Deliverance” inspired ... a dinner,” Keith Brown said. “Dueling Banjos” was nominated for Best Original Song at the Golden Globe Awards and ...

Billy wasn't a trained actor when he was hired for Deliverance ... In the film, Billy's character Lonnie plays "Dueling Banjos," a 1954 song composed by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, with the ...

Eric Weissberg, half of the duo that recorded “Dueling Banjos” for the ... album of Weissberg’s roots music that was rush-released as a soundtrack to “Deliverance” ran into no such ...